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Two poor sides last night with academy players propping them both up. Bannan and Cantwell the only quality on the pitch and they struggle with the dross around them. Most frustrating aspect for me was playing the short ball at set pieces, why fill the box full of players if you’re going to play it short ball then surrender it the opposition? Plus point and I only saw 1, our defence seemed solid, ok its against a Wednesday side playing an academy lad up front, but still, we look solid and assured. VENKYS OUT – NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

We have a list every window and we are linked with good players but they never actually arrive. Be sensible and don't get your hopes up.

You can do long as the striker is one of them that’s my point

The only exception to that is if a League 1 club fancies taking him whilst paying a zero % contribution to his wages Which long term, may make sense, but will absolutely not be done at Rovers due to penny pinching

Ishmael has made his point and unless Big Mak is close to a move that will deliver some cash or even get him off the wage bill, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him start against Hollywood FC.

I'd stop at "Nobody's going to sign Carter." There's only one club which regularly signs crocks and its us! If he ever does get fit at any point in the future we should keep him.

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I would let him for a free with sell on clause to anyone. Somebody would sign him. Even a club in the Middle East

Yes I know Val did. Nicko has said this morning Rovers have striker targets and they will cost. Why cant you look to sign a striker, centre back and another player by putting bids in for all 3 players right now. That's my point.

Nobody is going to sign Carter until they’ve seen him play at least a dozen games without him breaking down again.

I don't shout down anyone. I give my thoughts and opinions. Its yourself who shouts everything down. You want to overhaul the squad by getting rid of 6 or 7 and signing 6 or 7. Never going to happen in January window. Maybe stick to reality. We want 3 or 4 whilst players like Gueye, Garrett, Tyjon, Maybe Ribeiro and De Neve will go aswell. Hopefully Carter as well

The first two are from yesteryear unfortunately.

Val said last week that prep for jan is done they have sat down and there is a list on that list there should be a striker hopefully two we should be acting on that list based on priority and the priority requirement for our team at present is goals or lack of. So I’m saying I don’t see how or why we should be looking at an area that’s covered for the time being before what we actually need. If there’s a list drawn up then the first offer for any player out there should be for an attacker it’s not that hard to understand

The bit in bold. He still is a nuisance. He’s a nuisance filling a shirt which a proper footballer could take.

Surely you sign your targets when you can. If the Gibson is the one(not my choice) and it could be done so early on, great get it done. Whilst still bringing in a striker who will be sign before the Hull game happy days. Then look to bring maybe attacking/creative player. I would be surprised if we look at right wing back or left wing back signing now.

You keep shouting down the suggestion that we will fail to recruit properly based on a series of previous failures. Yet keep pushing this suggestion as if we are a normal football club and you dont seem to have much doubt that we will recruit properly, and early, and its all in hand. Also, we dont need one striker. We are massively, massively short. If you are playing 2 you need 4. Not even factoring in the injury to Gudjohnsen.

Ok thanks for that abit of info. Yes I would have gone Blue and White shirt for our anniversary season. Someone mentioned a gold club badge or 150th club badge on here and I would have supported that. Also playing in it all season aswell would have more appealing aswell.

We retain an inability to win games. When push comes to shove, we'll have to dig out some wins. I'm not sure we're capable of doing so, basically because the team as a whole doesn't score. I thought from the season outset that we'd be a relegation candidate, and this still stands in my mind.

I dont see how he is spinning it, it makes no sense looking back that there was a plan to move to 352. The way that the squad has been built never suggested that. It very much came across as a temporary move that initially saw an instant improvement in results that Ismael has since stuck to. That improvement hasnt continued consistently but we still seem more balanced in terms of our first 11 than 4231, but its just left the squad looking particularly imbalanced as the squad clearly wasnt recruited for that formation. Up front, Gueye was never in favour under Ismael, its one judgement call Ismael has got consistently right. Even if Kargbo had kicked on, hes a winger. Gudjohnsen seemed to be recruited as an alternative to Ohashi, Gueye nearly left in the summer. De Neve, Kargbo and Morishita were all signed to play out wide. Miller was clearly initially intended as a right back, otherwise we came into the season having only signed one right wing back. We also signed Ribeiro last January who again doesnt fit into this formation, nor does Pickering who didnt seem to be tried to move on in the summer but now is surplus. We didnt cover ourselves at centre back even for a back 4, but certainly not for a back 3. Hopefully O'Riordan comes in and is ready, but he has been playing for a struggling League 1 team. Pratt cant be seen as the norm, its an absolute testament to him that hes slotted in seamlessly having been playing at such a low level. The circumstances were fortunate for him in that Litherland was injured at the time, theres no way the club intended to have him starting games any time soon otherwise he would have been loaned out at such a low level. He clearly wasnt seen as immediately first team standard, and because he was at such a low level, it made it possible to recall him as opposed to O'Riordan. How Pratt has done since has been as impressive on his part as no doubt surprising especially to the decision makers at the club. Theres no point saying we have x options with Wharton and in particular Carter. Cant remotely be relied upon.

Who would you like to see on a mural? I'd like to see Shearers signature celebration, #9. Jack walker lifting the Cup Something from yesteryear Something unique to us displaying the artists skill and intuition perhaps

Your not listening or reading what I’m saying of course we can chase multiple players at one time but the importance of getting a striker in as our first signing is the greatest need

Can only go off what we have seen this so far this season. Dlamini showed more with that turn to beat his man in the middle of the pitch than Gueye has shown since March.

already played for 2 teams this season, so cant move again until summer

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